Sonido Gallo Negro are a nine-piece band from Mexico City who are intent on exploring the outer limits of cumbia....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2018
Although the liner notes trumpet the massive changes in China since the last Rough Guide CD was compiled ten years...
Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Belgian violinist Naomi Vercauteren studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, where she carried out research into bowing...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2018
Serial folk award-nominees Megson, otherwise known as husband and wife duo Stu and Debbie Hanna, took a break from music...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2012
Mary MacMaster and Donald Hay form an interesting duo, playing harp and drums. MacMaster is also a member the all-female...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his longtime musical partner, Californian cellist Natalie Haas, released their first set as a duo...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021
For their second album on the excellent River Lea label, Diarmuid and Brían Mac Gloinn, aka Ye Vagabonds, are joined...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2022
Too often, acts from this side of the pond who say they play bluegrass or country actually churn out a...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2019
There's a strong tradition of classically trained musicians and composers who have been absorbed by and into the folk tradition...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Papayeras is the name given to Colombian brass bands, full of horns and percussion. In their native country they are...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2015
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